Spacetrack Directory Name | ELFIN A |
Orbit launches | 2018-09-15 |
Deorbitation date | 2022-09-17 |
Days in orbit | 1463 |
Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
Starting point | AFWTR (Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA) |
WWW | Here |
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Perigee | 430 km |
Apogee | 447 km |
Height ELFIN A | 393.63 km |
Measure plasma-induced surface charging and electrostatic discharge measurements. It will take in-situ measurements of the ground current waveforms from chosen common spacecraft dielectric material samples, measure the spacecraft and material potentials and will use a Langmuir probe system to measure the ambient plasma environment.